Job description

The Safety Assurance Manager will lead and oversee all safety assurance activities across the design, construction, testing, and commissioning phases of major rail, metro, and high-speed rail projects. The role is responsible for ensuring compliance with national and international railway safety standards, including CENELEC EN 50126, EN 50128, and EN 50129, managing hazard identification and risk assessment processes, and providing assurance that systems are safe for operation and meet regulatory, contractual, and industry requirements. This position involves developing and implementing the Project Safety Assurance Plan, coordinating Safety Assurance activities across all engineering disciplines including civil, track, rolling stock, signalling, telecom, power, and operations, reviewing and approving safety-related deliverables, design submissions, RAMS documentation, and safety validation reports. The role also supports integration of safety requirements into design, procurement, and construction, monitors contractor performance, facilitates safety audits, independent safety assessments (ISA), regulatory reviews, and leads workshops including safety interface meetings, hazard reviews, and acceptance committees. Familiarity with systems engineering, requirements management, verification, validation, safety management tools (DOORS, Complypro, Taramis, ReliaSoft), operational hazards, human factors, maintainability, ergonomics, RAM modelling, risk quantification techniques, and safety performance metrics is required.